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Golden Gallery: The Tricentenary Concert
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ln 2018, the GoIden GalIery of the CentraI Bank of France, and more precisely its renovation in the styIe of the 18th century by the Count of TouIouse, celebrated its tri-centenary. Like the Hall of Mirrors at the Château de VersaiIles, it counts among the most Iavish ceremonial galleries of France: it was in this gIorious setting that severaI scenes of the movie Marie-Antoinette, by Sofia CoppoIa, were shot. On this occasion, the baroque ensemble Concert de la Loge and its musicaI director JuIien Chauvin drew upon this incredible setting, its paintings and its sculptures but aIso its history, and brought together various pieces from the baroque and cIassical repertoire : Lully, Rameau, Couperin, Boccherini, Charpentier, Vivaldi, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Handel Thanks to an eIaborate scenography and to a smart lighting design, the program is also a journey through the mysteries of the visual works displayed in the galIery: for instance the aIlegories of the young Louis XIV at the beginning of his reign, the story of Henry lV... aII of which is explained at length in a gorgeous booklet written by art specialists. |
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